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Technically correct, but most people don’t overeat when consuming whole foods — just like they didn’t before the 1950s.
by sbenitoj 8y ago
Technically correct, but most people don’t overeat when consuming whole foods — just like they didn’t before the 1950s.
- AstralStorm 8y agoThis might be an issue of caloric density and fibre content. Volume is a reasonably strong appetite inhibitor.
- sbenitoj 8y agoNot long term it’s not, the studies that show that are short term in nature, like most diet studies. Fiber is a double edge sword, some people do great with more, some people do terrible with more — it’s highly dependent and the only way to know is experiment. The book Health Gut, Healtby You by Dr. Ruscio is the most up to date book on gut health.
- AstralStorm 8y agoNot quite up to date anymore I'm afraid. In general I agree. There is a major confounder that the best source of fiber are raw vegetables which have other beneficial properties - but most studies of it tended to use something much simpler than actual fiber combinations found in foods. We do not know nearly enough about how diet impacts gut microbiome, nor how the environment does. It is really hard to study anyway.
- sbenitoj 8y agoPlease provide a resource that is more up to date.